Mesosa rosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Mesosa |
| Species: | M. rosa
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| Mesosa rosa Karsch, 1882
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Mesosa rosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is native to Sri Lanka and India. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1882 and has two recognized subspecies.
Taxonomy
[edit]Mesosa rosa is a longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae). First described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1882[1] from a type specimen from Sri Lanka (then referred to as Ceylon),[2] it was divided into two subspecies in 1968 when Stephan von Breuning noted a newly discovered variant, Mesosa rosa coorgensis, which diverged from earlier-known specimens that were sorted into the autonymous subspecies Mesosa rosa rosa.[3] The type locality of M. r. rosa is Colombo, Sri Lanka, while M. r. coorgensis is named for its type locality, the former Coorg Province of British India.[2]
The subfamily is Lamiinae (the flat-faced longhorn beetles),[4] and the subgenus is Aplocnemia[5] (formerly Aphelocnemia).[6] The first Cerambycidae ancestors appeared in the Late Jurassic (circa 150.9 million years ago) and the first Lamiinae ancestors appeared in the Early Cretaceous (132.0 mya).[4]
Ecology
[edit]M. rosa is only found in Sri Lanka and India.[1] First discovered in Sri Lanka, as described by Karsch, the beetle was first documented to occur in India in 1939 by von Breuning.[6]
A 2021 study noted M. rosa to be a woodboring beetle, as it found the beetle attacking the tree species Mallotus philippensis in Taliparamba, Kerala, India.[7]
As a longhorn beetle, M. rosa is characterized by an elongated body with very long, simple antennae, prominent eyes, and robust mandibles; the larvae are elongated and near-cylindrical with a covering of setae and sclerotized mouthparts.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mesosa (Aplocnemia) rosa Karsch, 1882". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Mesosa rosa". lamiinae.org. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ "Mesosa rosa". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Lamiinae". lamiinae.org. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ "Mesosa (Aplocnemia)". lamiinae.org. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ a b "Mesosa (Aplocnemia) rosa Karsch, 1882". GBIF. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ Karikkan, Gana; Shamsudeen, Sheik Mohammed (May 2021). "Studies on Wood Boring Insects of Malabar Region of Kerala". University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences. 5 (1). University of Sindh: 19–25. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Cerambycidae". idtools.org. Retrieved July 13, 2025.